Y our home network might be at risk—right this minute. At least, if you have a router with the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) logo and button on it, it's a security issue waiting to happen. This ...

If your router does support WPS, log in to your router’s Web-based configuration panel: From a computer that is connected to your network, open your Web browser and type in your router’s IP ...

WPS allows devices to connect to a network by either pressing a button on the router and the device or by entering an 8-digit PIN. However, this convenience comes at a cost.

One WPS configuration, called the "external registrar," requires the user to simply enter the PIN (which is printed on a label on the router) into the router's activation Web page.

A number of popular home and small office routers suffer from an implementation problem that could lead an experienced hacker down the road toward learning the devices’ eight-digit Wi-Fi ...

lolwut December 29, 2011. I don’t see how this is a security risk at all. In order to activate the WPS, a person has to push a button on the router itself which has a timed window where the ...

When [Craig] took a look at the firmware of a D-Link DIR-810L 802.11ac router, he found exactly the opposite; the WPS PIN was easily decipherable because it was generated entirely from the router ...

And then there's WPS, or Wi-Fi Protected Setup, which allows people to connect devices up to their router merely by tapping a button on the router and inputting a special PIN number on the device.

WPS works by pushing a button on both the wireless adapter and the wireless router. The two devices then automatically create a secured connection between each other. You can disable a Netgear WPS ...